A historical collection of our writing.
Community is a funny thing. It can sound like a fluffy word or concept, but it’s actually really powerful. Maybe more powerful than many things. Community is about helping people feel connected and aligned. When people are connected , they feel warm and good, and part of something bigger than […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
Earlier this week I went to see Free Solo, which documents Alex Honnold’s ascent of El Capitan, with our son Michael. After being on the edge of our seats for most of the movie, we came away with sweaty hands and agreeing that this was one of the better films we had seen in a […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI saw Zuck’s post on pivoting to private interactions from public posts yesterday and I had a flashback to Bill Gates’s Internet Tidal Wave memo to his company almost twenty-five years ago. I have always seen a lot of Gates in Zuck. They both have this incredible ability to see someone else’s […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Bethany CrystalPhotographer Eric Pickersgill photoshopped phones out of people’s hands in photos to show how addicted we have become (via https://www.boredpanda.com/portraits-holding-devices-removed-eric-pickersgill/) On mornings when I feel like I’m slipping too much into “the big-city grind,” I like to take a […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)
Picking back up the series on what decentralization is good for (part 1 , part 2 ), today I want to focus on one of the most exciting aspects of decentralization: growth. In this case, when I say “decentralized”, what I really mean is “open and non-proprietary”. The two often go hand-in-hand. Ok, […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
Picking back up the series on what decentralization is good for (part 1 , part 2 ), today I want to focus on one of the most exciting aspects of decentralization: growth. In this case, when I say “decentralized”, what I really mean is “open and non-proprietary”. The two often go hand-in-hand. Ok, […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
